Mechanical Alchemist

Chapter 63: Mutated amoeba

"Beautiful woman... Could it be the thing rumored to be near Green Street?"

As the local boss in Green Street, Su'en naturally knew that there had been many inexplicable cases of missing people in Green Street recently. There were multiple witnesses who claimed to have seen a beautiful woman appearing in the places where the disappearances occurred.

Obviously, that "beautiful woman" was most likely not human.

But rather, some kind of distorted monster.

........

Su'en looked at the surroundings and frowned. This was no longer the area he was familiar with.

The bad news was that one student was missing, and there were no signs.

The good news was that it was only one.

He suggested to the female assistant, "I think... we'd better leave here."

Cutting losses in time was not too late.

Rosa clearly knew the situation was critical. If there were other teachers here, she would have chosen to search in the underground cave.

But now, she had no choice but to ensure the safety of the students in front of her as much as possible.

She nodded in agreement with Su'en's suggestion and said, "Students, there have been some changes in this trial. I announce the termination of the trial. Everyone should return to the surface immediately."

Someone said, "But teacher, are we... giving up on Com?"

"I will come back to find him later."

Rosa thought for a moment and then asked Su'en, "Mr. Guide, do we have any other way to return to the surface?"

Su'en thought for a moment and realized that there was, but he didn't dare to say too much, "I'll try."

He also wanted to leave here as soon as possible and distance himself from these students as soon as possible.

Because he felt that if things dragged on, they would only get worse!

And his premonition of bad things was always terrifyingly accurate.

.......

The students were frightened and had no intention of staying any longer, but as they were preparing to leave after packing up their equipment.

Suddenly, from the tunnel they had come from, there came the sound of splashing water, as if something wet was running quickly.

The students seemed to be familiar with this sound and exclaimed in fear, "Teacher Rosa, it's not good, the black dog is here again!"

Su'en listened and his expression froze. He didn't dare to be careless and used his eyes to observe.

He saw at the end of his field of vision, seven or eight "dogs" with blurred features in their "dog" form, running out of the tunnel.

The appraisal still showed Mutated Amoeba Shapeshifter.

At this moment, Assistant Rosa took out the flamethrower tied to her thigh, raised her hand, and fired several shots at the monsters.

Her marksmanship was good, directly hitting the heads of two monsters.

Then Su'en watched as the heads of the monsters exploded into a puddle of black water, but the monsters continued to run, and in an instant, they reformed a head.

Seeing this, Su'en frowned slightly.

The students anxiously said, "Teacher, physical attacks are useless, we can only use fire to pose a threat to them!"

.......

"Strong vitality, good at shapeshifting and fusion..."

Su'en coldly watched everything in front of him. He had already put away his ordinary pistol and was now holding two rune firearms loaded with alchemical bullets.

His eyes flickered as he captured the movements of the monsters and analyzed in his mind, "It's difficult to kill them unless their bodies are burned dry. The only attacking method is close-range corrosion, which is not too lethal... The trouble is their numbers."

Looking again at the end of the tunnel, it seemed that there were more than just seven or eight of those black dogs!

Assistant Rosa quickly tried other attack methods, but they had little effect. She immediately shouted, "Retreat!"

Their escape route had been blocked, and they had no choice but to move deeper into the cave while retreating.

Physical professionals had no way to deal with these monsters. Once they got close, even their combat suits would be quickly corroded, emitting white smoke. Only "Elemental Alchemical Bullets" and some fire-based spells had some use, but they only slowed down the pursuit of those monsters.

Those things couldn't be killed at all!

Even if they used another foam bomb to seal the tunnel, those "black dogs" would still appear from somewhere, relentlessly chasing after them.

Su'en followed the students as they ran downhill.

He quickly pieced together the fragments of his memory in his mind, trying to find another route back to the surface.

But strangely, no matter how they changed their path, those black dogs always appeared like ghosts, finding them accurately in every corner.

Before long, not only were they being chased, but intercepting monsters had also appeared.

The situation became more and more critical.

......

But a turning point came suddenly.

By chance, in an open area, after the personnel dispersed, Su'en discovered a characteristic of those "black dogs": they did not attack everyone, but specifically targeted one particular team.

That was the team led by Jack, who was known as the "number one gun" in the academy!

Previously, when a female student fell, those black dogs could have killed her, but they completely ignored her and instead rushed towards the team in front of the crowd.

Before long, all the students noticed that as long as they avoided Jack's team, those black dogs would not attack them at all.

Upon closer inspection, the target of the black dogs' attacks was not the team itself, but a girl in the team.

Someone noticed something abnormal and shouted, "Teacher, those monsters are after Rena!"

At this moment, everyone understood that those black dogs had been chasing Rena from the beginning to the end, not them.

They had inadvertently blocked Rena in the crowd, so they mistakenly thought that the black dogs would attack everyone.

Realizing this, almost all the students instinctively avoided the girl.

Sure enough, the black dogs directly passed by them, and the crisis was instantly resolved.

Su'en watched this scene and instantly connected the clues in his mind, forming a complete conspiracy.

He suddenly realized, "So that's how the monsters use their 'extremely sensitive sense of smell to certain specific scents'!"

Like a trained drug-sniffing dog, it wouldn't bite ordinary people, but it would attack criminals carrying contraband.

"Is this monster being controlled by someone?!"

Su'en immediately concluded, "In order to avoid causing too many casualties, they've set up this targeted monster to ambush here... The culprit must be some big shot from the inner city!"

Even without thinking hard, it was clear that this was some clichd power struggle among the wealthy elites.

The puppet master behind all this was aiming to kill the girl named "Rena"!

......

Su'en felt extremely annoyed, inexplicably getting involved in the power struggle of the inner city elites.

With his current status as a small-time gangster, he was nothing but cannon fodder in the face of such powerful forces.

Regardless of whether the puppet master's plot succeeded or not, he, as the guide, would be implicated.

He might even be framed as an accomplice, after all, he was the one who led the way!

"I've really gotten myself into a big mess... If that girl's identity is extremely important, and if she dies on the territory of the Cross Society, the higher-ups of the gang would probably have a hard time explaining."

Su'en's mind was racing.

Looking at the situation at hand, he was almost certain that he needed to make a run for it.

But if he ran away and left no one to take the blame, Qianjiao and Kay would definitely be implicated.

So unless it was absolutely necessary, he still had no intention of immediately washing his hands of the matter.